diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt

index 8429585..94f80aa 100644

--- a/CMakeLists.txt

+++ b/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ if(NOT DEFINED CDOGS_DATA_DIR)

 	endif()

 endif()

 message("Data dir is ${CDOGS_DATA_DIR}")

+if(NOT DEFINED DATA_INSTALL_DIR)

+  set(DATA_INSTALL_DIR "${CDOGS_DATA_DIR}")

+endif()

 if(WIN32)

 	set(CDOGS_CFG_DIR "C-Dogs SDL/")

 else()

@@ -200,7 +203,6 @@ elseif(APPLE)

 	set(INSTALL_PREFIX "cdogs-sdl")

 else()

 	set(LIB_EXTENSION ".so")

-	set(DATA_INSTALL_DIR ".")

 endif()

 # Since Debian wants games binaries in /usr/games